this time that year

the subject matter here is not new, but you know me.
exactly one year ago i was troubled by nose-related leaks which lasted well over a month. this time too it's been about a month. i have been living with them for 22 years (school & college scrapbooks, and friends from all over would vouch for it) but to sneeze for at least a 100 times in one night is still beyond my capabilities.
but my facebook page is alive again. i uploaded pictures, and people left lots of comments. i am kinda enjoying it.
exactly one year ago, i was also solving the strangest CAT questions TIME could come up with. sumit managed to utter things other than PJs back then. he tried teaching me. 'twas quite a fun experience.
flashback went further into the past. two years ago, this time of the year was depressingly hard. i didn't know what i was doing (not that i know much today either). it's strange how we yearn for innumerable things, but the set of parameters for keeping us happy/sad is really tiny. at least i can say that for myself.
i am extremely sorry for this post with terrible punctuation, but i happen to be lying on my bed as i type with 2 fingers. i need to sleep but there is a strange, unsettling feeling that i am experiencing.

it was a long day today. bhai dooj, grey's anatomy, a wednesday, old fort, looong walk, laddoo, cold and photos. i wanted to visit school too - it's the 50th anniversary this year. but home makes me lazy. for now, i am just celebrating one year of having a decent boyfriend. that adjective can be used as such a sidey one that it might end up getting me a nasty look if only it was possible. but i am hopefully sure he knows of the ones that would go beyond 'decent'. anyway. i just love and appreciate the fact that he still reads this page.
please don't feel left out, i appreciate your bein here too. this reminds me, fuchsia is nearly 2 years old. older than 'vague thoughts'. this blog has managed to see me through much more. VT was only about a few constants in life if i remember correctly. and how i loved loving it!!

Diwali Bonanza

My wants start taking a stubborn form if I delay the process of fulfilling them by too long a time period.
I had been wanting to get a nose ring for a couple of months now. Made a small attempt in Pune also, but somehow it is very expensive there. So along with all the eatables, this was high on the to-do list for home. Today I had some time on me, so I thought I'll get this done with. Before that I had to go fight with people at Airtel, which I did, and quite badly. So there was greater motivation to go and make myself happy. Mansi refused to come along after the embarrassment she had to go through at the Airtel store thanks to me.
I saw the crrrazy Diwali traffic beginning to build up at 5:30 pm, found no auto from South Extension to GK 1, but still carried on. Reaching was still ok, I somehow managed, but I walked back most part of my return journey. No autorickshaw and no cycle rickshaw. Then no bus at the first bus stop on the route. At least 3 kilometres. ONLY for my nose ring. But it's feeling so cool!! :D :D

I also finished my design assignments. FINALLY. And if I may say so, my poster is looking HOT! :P

Family socialising tomorrow. Probability of something interesting happening is high. There might be an update here. :D

Honey, I'm Home!

Between July 3rd and October 20th, October 19th was the laziest day I had. Lying in bed and watching back to back episodes of Grey's Anatomy was an absolutely blissful experience. Watching Patrick Dempsey and his smile (!) was too much fun!!
I almost vacated the room that night and left for the city. Spent most part of the night at Vrinda's friend's place with ALL our luggage and reached the station at 3:00 am for our 4:00 am train to Delhi. It was thanks to me that we reached that early, and I was conveniently given 'mommy' status with dirty glares because I had decided to behave like MY dad and leave home early because of something known as 'unforeseen contingencies'. But people just do not seem to respect it. Hmph!
There were biases on the train, our seats were smaller than our neighbours' and we did not even have plug points on our side. All because we got seats that were on the side. So not fair! Those tiny berths were bloody uncomfortable. But there were a couple of 'firsts' that happened during the journey. I usually am too scared to hang from or sit on the doorstep of a moving train. But I did peep out for a split second. Felt a crazy rush!! :D What I also did was what I kept instructing the other two to not do for most part of the journey - got off at a station on the way. The train was running a little late and we reached Bhopal at about 8:00 pm. I was feeling a little suffocated and so Ridhima and Vrinda decided that I need 'fresh' air at a station. And not only did I get off, I also bought something to eat that was not packed. I have always been finicky about food and hygiene, and have considered food sold at stations to be the worst form of unhygienic food. But I bought it and ate it - with no force or even convincing required. And I did not even fall sick. Yayiii!!! I am sure some of you reading this bit are proud of me already. Yes, I have changed. :D
Did I mention? - my jinx continued - there was a small kid traveling with us. What fun!

Turns out Delhi is happy because it is seeing good weather after reeeaaally long. I am happy too. :P

Have been sleeping and eating all day. :D

Will update on more soon. Ciao!!

Ease in the air

I have never seen such a large number of people being as happy as my batch is right now. Some people have already left, the rest will leave between tomorrow and day after. A trip to home for most, and a trip that will last more than two months. We have forgotten that nobody even let us breathe for a day after exams because breathing exercises were more important. Anyway.
So everybody was going around hugging & jumping around, and I decided to go for the last meeting of the semester with my lappy - not to take notes but to play some music. (Btw, Dell rocks - 3 hours and still going strong!) For a change I was a disturbing element at the meeting. It was fun doing that amongst some really screwed-in-the-head idiots.
Swetha and I decided to walk up to the terrace with our music, and so the fun carried on. Dancing to dil ding dong ding bole and jaanleva is out-of-the-world kinda fun. Yes, I do have these songs on me.

In spite of the mad urge to get home, I know I will miss some of the people here. It's been fun.

Kausik baba at AOL, Swetha in a frame, and madness on my bed.

Walls also has good ice creams, and our local coffee shop always has madness around it.

Day 1 of semester II

Chopra, Shag S., Swetha and Venku Singh

Right before we got to know what AOL is. Please note the smiles.

I'm coming home!!!!!

I did nothing today(!)

Going and getting prints for a photography assignment is not work.
Working on a tiny presentation in a group is not work either.

So I did not work today.
I did not attend the academic workshop. Turns out it was nice, but then I do not care.
I also quit the Art of Living jazz... had too much of the physical and mental stuff they wanted me to do. And essentially, I wanted to sleep.

Wore a skirt(Pretty). Went to the city(finally). Ate good food (oh-so-finally). Saw the frill for the CYG - decent, nothing spectacular(bleh). Clicked on the street(STREET!). Had yumm faluda kulfi(MEETHAAA). Got the face cleaned(human again). Bought cute lil smileys to stick in my room(:D). Ignored all alarms and slept like a log( aaaah!). Had friends over and food+drama+bitching happened till 3:00 a.m.(nicey). I feel like watching some fun sitcom now.

I also took out my suitcase and cleaned it. Packing begins... coming home soon!!!

Oh, after spending more than three months here, an auto guy managed to take us for a ride. Yes, the chullu bhar pani idiom is valid. No excuses after handling auto guys in Delhi for so many years.

Now I shall sleep again. Attendance is one sad important word.

Did ya just turn over?

What follows is something that I wrote yesterday but could not post it.

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Semester I ended at 8:00 pm on October 11, 2008 after having conducted three exams in one day. That was also a new way of living academia that I experienced. From the average of 5 days that we used to get before every exam, and the 45 days before exam season for 'advance' study, here it was an average of 8 hours for two exams each day. A rather strange week for sure.

Stranger still - we used to get 2.5 months before the beginning of the next session. Here it was not even 24 hours. Semester II from 8 (oops, that was 9) am on October 12. Professional courses, I tell you! :P

But you have to be part of such a system to understand the good and bad things about it too. Also, the jokes.

So frustration levels were running VERY high last night. I wanted food. Good food. Or maybe ANY food other than what this 'mess' offers. Was kinda tired too, I had sneezed enough to lose 20K+ calories through the day, but a walk down the hill to a small dhaba for FOOD (yea, you knew that, didn't you?) was reason enough to gather strength. Food was the standard sweet and spicy mix, but I was all right. Got Dairy Milk and Slice too. :D

There is going to be Art of Living workshops through the week for the burnt out junior batch. Apparently there are five things we have to abstain from - alcohol, cigarettes, tea, coffee and non vegetarian food. Ha! I do not need the word abstinence for these. Let's see how this turns out to be.

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I am through with two sessions of art of living. Guess I will write about it all together at the end of it.

Happens

There are suddenly too many things I want to write about. But now is not the time. I shall write tomorrow, day after being a CHHUTI!!
As of now, strange excitement for no reason. Muted expression of the feeling is not nice. Therefore,
YEEEEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

!!!!!!!!!!!! Tadadadadaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

AND OYEEEEEE.... FLICKR IS WORKING! WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!

Goodness!

Everything happens for the best. Why journalism was ALWAYS a doubt as a career option is clear now. Because at least as far as academics of it is concerned - it SUCKS!
Nothing enlightening after the first lecture. And it is all hypocritical idealistic bull shit over which people argue.
It is just another business. Nothing else. Please pray I clear these papers related to this subject. I cannot see myself getting subjected to this EVER again!

And there are people who did a bachelors and are now doing a masters in it. Wow! I am so keen on knowing what they think they are learning.

2" to 30"

To make a dead woman run!

Flickr's fuckin' firewalled

....and since it is exam time, I am utilising every minute. :D

Eid Mubarak :)

Eid, Navratri, Pujo days, Gandhi, Thursday, exams.... and homesickness.